Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Juvenile Delinquency
21 Mar 2016
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Study of deviance: involves both deviant behaviour and reactions to that behavior. Only in relatively modern times (end of the 19th century) that youth"s infractions have emerged as distinctive problems - warranting the legal designation of delinquency. Rapid urbanization: turned agricultural laborers into factory workers. Adolescent became recognized for the first time as a separate, unique stage in the life cycle. Those who roamed the streets of victorian-era cities in western europe and north. Young people are particular vulnerable to antisocial tendencies: more susceptible to corrupting influences, involves leisure. Media linked to delinquency: youth crime - all young people can be judges by the disreputable standards set by the few who hit the news headlines. Much teenage leisure involves flamboyant cultural expression. Moral panic: consequence of public apprehensions about real, but poorly understood strains and tensions in society. In schools reflect broader fears about immigration and the shifting racial composition of canadian society.
